| 单词 | learner plates |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslearner plates 3. One who is learning to be competent but who does not yet have formal authorization as a driver of a motor vehicle, cycle, etc. Also attributive, as learner-driver n. (The abbreviation L is shown on the learner plates of the vehicle.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > learner learner1930 1930 ‘A. Armstrong’ Taxi viii. 103 Conversational freedom between..taximen and private ‘learner drivers’. 1934 R. F. Broad et al. Motor Driving made Easy (ed. 5) ix. 140 A provisional licence will be issued to enable learners to receive instruction qualifying them for the official test. 1935 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 9/4 New drivers..must start with a provisional or learner's licence. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop iii. ii. 276 Bonnet and back bore battered learner plates. 1961 P. Barry Unwillingly to School xv. 204 If you hadn't been a learner driver..I'd have booked you for that! 1970 D. Marlowe Echoes of Celandine i. 15 A learner-car circling the block. 1973 Times 28 June 31/1 The learner driver holding up the traffic as he or she falters down the High Street is still part of the British motoring scene. 1973 Times 21 Sept. 23/5 Although with its 1,000 cars and its 160 branches it is easy to get the impression that there are British School of Motoring learners everywhere..it still only has something like 2½ per cent of the learner-driver population training with it. < as lemmas |
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